ADAAmericans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL Activities for Daily Living
AIS Academic Intervention Services
AT Assistive Technology
BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan
BOCES Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOE Board of Education
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPSE Committee on Preschool Special Education
CSE Committee on Special Education
CT Consultant Teacher
CTE Career and Technical Education
DOH Department of Health
ECDC Early Childhood Direction Center
ED Emotional Disturbance
EI Early Intervention (Program)
ELA English Language Arts
ELL English Language Learner
ESL English as a Second Language
ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
GED General Equivalency Diploma
HI Hearing Impairment
IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Services Program
ILC Independent Living Center
IQ Intelligence Quotient
LD Learning Disability
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MAPS Management, Academic, Physical, Social (4 required areas in PLPs)
MD Multiple Disabilities
NCLB No Child Left Behind Act, 2002
NYSAA New York State Alternate Assessment
NYSED New York State Education Department
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OMH Office of Mental Health
OPWDD Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
OT Occupational Therapist/Occupational Therapy
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder-not otherwise specified
PINS Person in Need of Supervision
PST Pupil Services Team
PT Physical Therapist/Physical Therapy
PLP Present Level of Performance (also PLEP or PLOP)
RCT Regents Competency Test
RR Resource Room
R&R Recognition and Response
Rtl Response to Intervention
RS Related Service
RSO Related Services Only
RSE-TASC Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Centers
SC Special Class
SED State Education Department
SEIT Special Education Itinerant Teacher
SEQA Special Education Quality Assurance, SED
SWD Student with a Disability
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
UDL Universal Design Learning
UPK Universal Prekindergarten
VI Visual Impairment
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112, Section 504)